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Except somehow, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Portland, and Philadelphia all manage to do it despite none of those cities having rent control. http://www.nmhc.org/A
by raldi 13y ago
Except somehow, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Portland, and Philadelphia all manage to do it despite none of those cities having rent control.
http://www.nmhc.org/Article.cfm?ItemNumber=53961 http://www.nmhc.org/Article.cfm?ItemNumber=53961
- ForHackernews 13y agoNone of those cities are anywhere close to as expensive as SF/NYC. And part of reason Chicago has "affordable" housing is because vast swaths of the south and west side are dangerous, gang-infested, and neglected by city services.
- raldi 13y ago> None of those cities are anywhere close to as expensive as SF/NYC I suppose you believe that NYC and SF have rent control because housing is so expensive there. Have you considered the possibility that you have it backwards?
- ForHackernews 13y agoObviously having rent-controlled apartments will increase the price of non-controlled units somewhat. But I certainly don't think that rent-control is the primary driver of high housing costs in SF/NY.